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Ohio's 7th congressional district

Coordinates: 40°28′52″N 82°23′35″W / 40.48111°N 82.39306°W / 40.48111; -82.39306
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Ohio's 7th congressional district
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
Population (2023)769,701[1]
Median household
income
$80,983[2]
Ethnicity
Cook PVIR+7[3]

Ohio's 7th congressional district is represented by Max Miller. It is currently located in the northeastern section of the state, including southern and western Cuyahoga County, all of Medina and Wayne Counties, and a sliver of northern Holmes County.

Election results from statewide races

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Year Office Result
2000 President George W. Bush 56% - Al Gore 42%
2004 President George W. Bush 57% - John Kerry 43%
2008 President John McCain 50.9% - Barack Obama 46.9%
2012 President Mitt Romney 53.7% - Barack Obama 44.2%
2016 President Donald Trump 62.5% - Hillary Clinton 32.8%
2020 President Donald Trump 65% - Joe Biden 33%

List of members representing the district

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Member Party Years Cong
ress
Electoral history
District established March 4, 1823

Samuel Finley Vinton
(Gallipolis)
Adams-Clay
Democratic-Republican
March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825
18th
19th
20th
21st
22nd
Elected in 1822.
Re-elected in 1824.
Re-elected in 1826.
Re-elected in 1828.
Re-elected in 1830.
Redistricted to the 6th district.
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1833

William Allen
(Chillicothe)
Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1835
23rd Elected in 1832.
Lost re-election.
William K. Bond
(Chillicothe)
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1835 –
March 3, 1837
24th
25th
26th
Elected in 1834.
Re-elected in 1836.
Re-elected in 1838.
Retired.
Whig March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1841

William Russell
(Portsmouth)
Whig March 4, 1841 –
March 3, 1843
27th Elected in 1840.
[data missing]
Joseph J. McDowell
(Hillsboro)
Democratic March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1847
28th
29th
Elected in 1843.
Re-elected in 1844.
[data missing]
Jonathan D. Morris
(Batavia)
Democratic March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1851
30th
31st
Elected in 1846 after Rep-elect Thomas L. Hamer died before start of term.
Re-elected in 1848.
[data missing]
Nelson Barrere
(Hillsboro)
Whig March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853
32nd Elected in 1850.
Lost re-election.

Aaron Harlan
(Yellow Springs)
Whig March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855
33rd
34th
35th
Elected in 1852.
Re-elected in 1854.
Re-elected in 1856.
Lost re-election.
Opposition March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857
Republican March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859

Thomas Corwin
(Lebanon)
Republican March 4, 1859 –
March 12, 1861
36th
37th
Elected in 1858.
Re-elected in 1860.
Resigned to become U.S. Minister to Mexico.
Vacant March 12, 1861 –
July 4, 1861
37th

Richard A. Harrison
(London)
Union July 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1863
Elected to finish Corwin's term.
[data missing]

Samuel S. Cox
(Columbus)
Democratic March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1865
38th Redistricted from the 12th district and re-elected in 1862.
[data missing]

Samuel Shellabarger
(Springfield)
Republican March 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1869
39th
40th
Elected in 1864.
Re-elected in 1866.
[data missing]

James J. Winans
(Xenia)
Republican March 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1871
41st Elected in 1868.
[data missing]

Samuel Shellabarger
(Springfield)
Republican March 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1873
42nd Elected in 1870.
[data missing]

Lawrence T. Neal
(Chillicothe)
Democratic March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1877
43rd
44th
Elected in 1872.
Re-elected in 1874.
[data missing]

Henry L. Dickey
(Greenfield)
Democratic March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1879
45th Elected in 1876.
Redistricted to the 11th district.

Frank H. Hurd
(Toledo)
Democratic March 4, 1879 –
March 3, 1881
46th Elected in 1878.
[data missing]

John P. Leedom
(West Union)
Democratic March 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1883
47th Elected in 1880.
[data missing]

Henry Lee Morey
(Hamilton)
Republican March 4, 1883 –
June 20, 1884
48th Lost contested election

James E. Campbell
(Hamilton)
Democratic June 20, 1884 –
March 3, 1885
48th Won contested election.
Redistricted to the 3rd district.

George E. Seney
(Tiffin)
Democratic March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1887
49th Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1884.
Redistricted to the 5th district.

James E. Campbell
(Hamilton)
Democratic March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1889
50th Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1886.
[data missing]

Henry Lee Morey
(Hamilton)
Republican March 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1891
51st Elected in 1888.
[data missing]

William E. Haynes
(Fremont)
Democratic March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1893
52nd Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1890.
[data missing]

George W. Wilson
(London)
Republican March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1897
53rd
54th
Elected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894.
[data missing]

Walter L. Weaver
(Springfield)
Republican March 4, 1897 –
March 3, 1901
55th
56th
Elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
[data missing]

Thomas B. Kyle
(Troy)
Republican March 4, 1901 –
March 3, 1905
57th
58th
Elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
[data missing]

J. Warren Keifer
(Springfield)
Republican March 4, 1905 –
March 3, 1911
59th
60th
61st
Elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
[data missing]

James D. Post
(Washington Courthouse)
Democratic March 4, 1911 –
March 3, 1915
62nd
63rd
Elected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
[data missing]

Simeon D. Fess
(Yellow Springs)
Republican March 4, 1915 –
March 3, 1923
64th
65th
66th
67th
Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Retired to run for U.S. senator.

Charles Brand
(Urbana)
Republican March 4, 1923 –
March 3, 1933
68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd
Elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Retired.
Leroy T. Marshall
(Xenia)
Republican March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1937
73rd
74th
Elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Lost re-election.

Arthur W. Aleshire
(Springfield)
Democratic January 3, 1937 –
January 3, 1939
75th Elected in 1936.
Lost re-election.

Clarence J. Brown
(Blanchester)
Republican January 3, 1939 –
August 23, 1965
76th
77th
78th
79th
80th
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
88th
89th
Elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Died.
Vacant August 23, 1965 –
November 2, 1965
89th

Bud Brown
(Urbana)
Republican November 2, 1965 –
January 3, 1983
89th
90th
91st
92nd
93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th
Elected to finish his father's term.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Retired to run for governor.

Mike DeWine
(Cedarville)
Republican January 3, 1983 –
January 3, 1991
98th
99th
100th
101st
Elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Retired to run for Lieutenant Governor of Ohio.

Dave Hobson
(Springfield)
Republican January 3, 1991 –
January 3, 2009
102nd
103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
Elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Retired.

Steve Austria
(Beavercreek)
Republican January 3, 2009 –
January 3, 2013
111th
112th
Elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Retired.

Bob Gibbs
(Lakeville)
Republican January 3, 2013 –
January 3, 2023
113th
114th
115th
116th
117th
Redistricted from the 18th district and re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020
Retired.

Max Miller
(Rocky River)
Republican January 3, 2023 –
present
118th Elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024.

Recent election results

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The following chart shows historic election results. Bold type indicates victor. Italic type indicates incumbent.

Year Democratic Republican Other
1920 Paul F. Dye: 47,196 Simeon D. Fess: 73,794
1922 Charles B. Zimmerman: 38,522 Charles Brand: 53,182
1924 C. K. Wolf: 34,709 Charles Brand: 61,557
1926 Harry E. Rice: 22,314 Charles Brand: 45,699
1928 Harry E. Rice: 34,323 Charles Brand: 75,753
1930 John L. Zimmerman Jr.: 35,663 Charles Brand: 50,595
1932 Aaron J. Halloran: 57,715 Leroy T. Marshall: 65,064
1934 C. W. Rich: 43,226 Leroy T. Marshall: 46,453
1936 Arthur W. Aleshire: 68,456 Leroy T. Marshall: 67,454
1938 Arthur W. Aleshire: 50,163 Clarence J. Brown: 68,185
1940 J. Fuller Trump: 59,667 Clarence J. Brown: 83,415
1942 George H. Smith: 23,384 Clarence J. Brown: 52,270
1944 John L. Cashim: 52,403 Clarence J. Brown: 84,770 Carl H. Ehl: 211
1946 Carl H. Ehl: 29,824 Clarence J. Brown: 63,390
1948 Clarence J. Brown: 71,737
1950 Ben J. Goldman: 35,818 Clarence J. Brown: 77,660
1952 Clarence J. Brown: 98,354
1954 G. Louis Wren: 35,504 Clarence J. Brown: 62,821
1956 Joseph A. Sullivan: 47,220 Clarence J. Brown: 91,439
1958 Joseph A. Sullivan: 48,994 Clarence J. Brown: 75,085
1960 Joseph A. Sullivan: 55,451 Clarence J. Brown: 105,026
1962 Robert A. Riley: 39,908 Clarence J. Brown: 83,680
1964 Jerry R. Graham: 70,857 Bud Brown*: 93,022
1966 Bud Brown: 81,225
1968 Robert E. Cecile: 55,386 Bud Brown: 97,581
1970 Joseph D. Lewis: 37,294 Bud Brown: 84,448
1972 Bud Brown: 112,350 Dorothy Franke: 40,945
1974 Patrick L. Nelson: 34,828 Bud Brown: 73,503 Dorothy Franke: 13,088
1976 Dorothy Franke: 54,755 Bud Brown: 101,027
1978 Bud Brown: 92,507
1980 Donald Hollister: 38,952 Bud Brown: 124,137
1982 Roger D. Tackett: 65,543 Mike DeWine: 87,842 John B. Winer (L): 2,761
1984 Donald E. Scott: 40,621 Mike DeWine: 147,885 Others: 4,352
1986 Mike DeWine: 119,238
1988 Jack Schira: 50,423 Mike DeWine: 142,597
1990 Jack Schira: 59,349 Dave Hobson: 97,123
1992 Clifford S. Heskett: 66,237 Dave Hobson: 164,195
1994 Dave Hobson: 140,124
1996 Richard K. Blain: 61,419 Dave Hobson: 158,087 Dawn Marie Johnson (N): 13,478
1998 Donald E. Minor Jr.: 49,780 Dave Hobson: 120,765 James A. Schrader (L): 9,146
2000 Donald E. Minor Jr.: 60,755 Dave Hobson: 163,646 John Mitchel: 13,983
Jack D. Null (L): 3,802
2002 Kara Anastasio: 45,568 Dave Hobson: 113,252 Frank Doden (G): 8,812
2004 Kara Anastasio: 97,972 Dave Hobson: 182,621
2006 William R. Conner: 85,202 Dave Hobson: 133,112
2008 Sharen Neuhardt: 113,099 Steve Austria: 159,265
2010 William R. Conner: 70,400 Steve Austria: 135,721 John Anderson (L): 9,381
David Easton (C): 2,811
2012[4] Joyce Healy-Abrams: 137,708 Bob Gibbs: 178,104
2014[5] Bob Gibbs: 143,959
2016[6] Roy Rich: 89,638 Bob Gibbs: 198,221 Dan Phillip: 21,694
2018[7] Ken Harbaugh: 107,536 Bob Gibbs: 153,117
2020 Quentin Potter: 102,271 Bob Gibbs: 236,607 Brandon Lape (L): 11,671
2022 Matthew Diemer: 135,485 Max Miller: 168,002 Others: 86
2024 Matthew Diemer: 144,607 Max Miller: 204,459 Dennis Kucinich (I): 51,264

Historical district boundaries

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2003–2013
2013–2023

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "My Congressional District".
  2. ^ "My Congressional District".
  3. ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  4. ^ "2012 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.
  5. ^ "2014 Elections Results - Ohio Secretary of State". www.sos.state.oh.us. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  6. ^ "2016 Official Elections Results - Ohio Secretary of State". www.sos.state.oh.us. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  7. ^ "2018 Official Elections Results - Ohio Secretary of State". www.sos.state.oh.us. Retrieved October 7, 2020.

40°28′52″N 82°23′35″W / 40.48111°N 82.39306°W / 40.48111; -82.39306